That's, ummm, more than I bought. Quite a haul. Question: How do you determine whether to buy an album on LP or CD? You seem to do both. For some reason I struggle with the lp vs. cd vs. download thing sometimes. I prefer vinyl usually but find Cd or mp3 more convenient for when I'm not in the ol' record room.

The reason for my list is I thought it would be interesting to see what a hard core reggae fan in the far reaches of this planet gets through in a year......

Flashman - I usually buy an album on CD if available, especially if there's bonus tracks.

Mark T - I don't go out a lot , too much music to hear. Since losing my job a few weeks ago my buying has come to an abrupt holt.

JPS - Still have a few to listen to but listen to alot of it in the car , copy 7"s onto a cd-r for this purpose.

Mark B - Seinfeld DVD's (love the show) are part of my partners xmas present but don't let her know!

MulatuAstatke - Apart from bills/mortgage all my money went on music & being in NZ a lot of it is on postage. What can I say - I love this music Considering I was a lowly gardener/lawn mower man I think I've done well with my addiction

I bought the Madness 7" this year and really love that tune! I've been picking up more and more GG's tunes in the last little while.Mark TPS Jj, I hope the unemployment doesn't last too long - having been through a prolonged spell I know it really sucks.

Just remember, jj: unemployment insurance is there to help with cost of living, whatever that cost might entail. You might want to continue with your rent and internet bills in order to get more records and have a place to store them, but if you have a library card then the internet really isn't too crucial.

i am mystified as to why you bothered listing all this! 2nd hand tunes would at least be (very) slightly interesting! looking at your list just reminds me JUST how many crappy 7" "reissues" were dubbed from bad copies of the vinyl and then cleaned up with some horrible cheap and nasty method by people like pressure sounds (the main offender) and even digikiller in some examples (the wackies 7's ound like crap to me! tunes i always wanted but these won't do!) You would have been better off spending all that money on originals - which seem to have plummeted in price in the last year or two.